Thursday, February 3, 2011

More on the ATF Funding Question

The administration wisely - and in this political climate, bravely - appears to have had a change of heart. "As part of the president's commitment to strengthening core law enforcement and homeland security functions - even as we make tough choices across the government - the 2012 budget includes robust support for Southwest border security, including an increase above current funding levels for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives," according to Margaret L. Reilly, a spokeswoman at the Office of Management and Budget. In plain English: The administration is promising to increase the ATF's budget beyond the $1.13 billion currently included in the 2011 continuing resolution. OMB declined to provide the exact dollar amount.

Could this be the beginning? Could this be the start of the long-overdue change in direction many of us have been waiting for?

Refusing to further gut the ATF is an important, but ultimately small, gesture. Assault weapons and related accessories, including the kind of high-capacity magazine used in the shootings just outside Tucson, should be banned; the gun show loophole for background checks should be closed. We hope the president's course correction on the ATF is but the first of many steps to combat the rash of gun violence that has for too long afflicted this country and its neighbor to the south.

One thing you must give these people credit for: their Baghdad Bob insistence on the meme regardless of the facts.

But pimping up the ATF budget now, indicates that the Obamanoids are confident that doubling down can make the Project Gunwalker scandal go away. Indeed, I think they did this precisely because of the scandal. They are putting their money where their cover-up is.

@Jadegold,You wrote,"Here's a fat kook who is always advocating revolution"

You haven't actually READ and understand what he writes, do you?

If I told you, "touch my wife one more time and I'll punch you," am I advocating violence? Or I am threatening you with force if you violate my wife's personal space?

Vanderboegh doesn't advocate revolution any more than I am advocating violence. He's trying to WARN the government if they continue on their path of collectivism and abuse of our rights, the people will fight back to protect their rights from infringement, if they're pushed to it.